Lamp shade



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Application March 2, 1940, Serial No. 321,857

1 Claim. I (Cl. 240-108) This invention relates to lamp shades, and particularly to lamp shades having a fabric lamp shade body.

One feature of the invention is the provision of a lamp shade having a lamp shade body which is readily-removable to enable it-to be cleansed V in a simple and safe fashion and then replaced uponthe lamp shade,ortobereplacedbyalamp shade body of a different design or texture.

Other features of the invention and its advantages will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is averticalelevatiompartly insection, of a lamp shade according to the invention:

Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged details of portions ofthelamp shadeshowninFig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper portion of the lamp shade with the trimming turned down to expose the slide fastener.

Referring to the drawing the lamp shade generally designated ll comprises a frame if, a lamp shade body if and a separable fastening means II and ll around the top and bottom of the shade, respectively, fastening the lamp shade body l2 to the frame Ii.

The frame Ii includes an upper metallic ring ii and a lower metallicring it connected by a plurality of metallic rods ll spaced around the peripheryoftherlngs. Intheshadeillustraied therings lland liandrods l'l areenclosedby a cloth covering ll, conveniently applied by wrapping the same with fabric strips, and the upper ring II is smaller in diameter than the lower ring II.

The frame illustrated also includes a shade lining ll secured thereto between the rings II and I, and shade supporting rods 2| secured to the upperring It.

'lhe frame .has secured around its upper edge one tooth-strip member, Ila, of the upper, interlocking separable slide fastener l3, the member' shown'havlng its teeth secured to a flexible shade body I! has the other tooth-strip mem- .ber, lib, of the upper fastener i3 secured alon the top edge of the body I! and has theother tooth-strip member, 22b, of the lower fastener ll secured along the bottom edge of the body it. The members Ilb and 22b shown have their teeth formed on flexible fabric strips which are sewn to the lampshadebody I2.

Each of the fasteners l3 and II includes a slider a which causes the teeth of the abutting tooth-strip members of the corresponding fastener to interlock or mesh together as the slider is moved over them in one direction, and which causes the teeth to separate as the slider is moved over them in the opposite direction, thereby releasably securing the top and bottom edges of the lamp body to the frame Ii all around the periphery of the shade.

Further description of the slide fasteners l3 and i4 and of the details of their construction which enable complete separation of the lamp body II from the frame H, and the reassembly of the same, is believed unnecessary.

If desired, the fasteners i3 and it may be rendered invisible by a trimming 24 secured around the top and bottom of the lamp body I2, as shown in the drawing.

The lamp body I! is removed from the lamp shade by moving the sliders 23 at the top and bottom of the shade in the direction to separate the body from the frame. The body may then be cleaned as readily as any fabric article, in any desired liquid and manner depending upon the fabricof which it is made. Thus, if the body is made of washable fabric such as is the body shown, it may be submerged in and washed with soap and water and dried while detached and without the use of a shaping frame, and then resecured to the lamp frame by placing it in position and moving the sliders in the engaging direction. With a lamp shade of frustoconical shape as shown, this is conveniently done by first fastening the upper or small-diameter edge of the lamp shade body to the frame, and

' then fastening the lower or large-diameter edge.

and maintained in place, thereby obtaining a,

fabric cover lamp shade having a trim, taut appearance and maintaining the lamp shade in such condition.

I claim:

In a lamp shade having a relatively stiff frame with an upper ring, a lower ring and a plurality of circumferentially spaced tie rods connecting said rings, the combination with a lamp shade body of generally tubular shape and limp material, of means for securing the lamp shade body to the frame and adapted to permit ready removal therefrom and re-attachment' thereto. said means automatically aligning the upper and lower peripheries of the body with each other as the body is fastened to the frame and also causing the frame, when the body is secured thereto, to put the body under generally axial tension all around its periphery, whereby the limp lamp shade body automatically is caused to assume its normal intended appearance each time it is fastened to the frame and caused to maintain that appearance while fastened to the frame, said means consisting of separable slide fastening meanssecuringthetopedgeofthebodyto the upper ring and securing the bottom edge of the body to the lower ring.

ELISABETH BROWN. 

